Michael Lee (Canadian politician)

Michael Lee (Chinese: 李耀華) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election[1] and re-elected in the 2020 provincial election.[2]

Michael Lee
MLA
李耀華
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Langara
Assumed office
May 9, 2017
Preceded byMoira Stilwell
Personal details
BornVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party
Spouse(s)Christina Yan-Lee
Alma mater
ProfessionLawyer

He represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Langara as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus. He has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Transportation, Infrastructure and TransLink, Official Opposition Critic for Justice, and the Official Opposition Co-Critic for Indigenous Relations.[3]

Prior to his election to the legislative assembly, Lee worked as a partner at Lawson Lundell LLP, a business law firm. Lee also worked as an assistant to former Prime Minister Kim Campbell and was a youth organizer for the party.[4]

Lee has served as the past Chair of the Board of Directors of Arts Umbrella, and Alumni UBC, the University of British Columbia alumni organization. He has also served as a past Vice-Chair and Board member of Science World British Columbia, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., and Leadership Vancouver. Lee is a past Board member of the YMCA of Greater Vancouver Foundation, the Justice Education Society of BC, Sustainable Cities International, and the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.[5]

Lee is an alumnus of the University of Victoria Law School and the University of British Columbia, attaining a law degree, a Bachelor of Science in Biology, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Political Science, and Master of Arts in Political Science with a focus on environmental regulations. [6]

Born in Vancouver, he is the son of immigrants from Hong Kong[7] who worked as a nurse and a pharmacist in Vancouver. Lee is married with three young adult children.[8]

In September 2017, Lee announced he would run for the leadership of the BC Liberals. Despite winning the most votes over the first four rounds, he finished in third place behind winner Andrew Wilkinson and runner-up Dianne Watts.

On June 9, 2021, Lee announced he was running again for the leadership of the BC Liberals.[9][10]

Electoral record
2020 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMichael Lee9,88848.51+1.05$58,300.21
New DemocraticTesicca Chi-Ying Truong8,43141.36+3.30$42,051.83
GreenStephanie Hendy1,8409.03−4.64$2,420.05
LibertarianPaul Matthews2241.10–$0.00
Total valid votes 20,383100.00–
Total rejected ballots 1800.88+0.23
Turnout 20,56349.45−6.99
Registered voters 41,581
Liberal hold Swing −1.13
Source: Elections BC[11][12]
2017 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Langara
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalMichael Lee10,04747.46−5.14$57,579
New DemocraticJames Wang8,05838.06−0.22$76,064
GreenJanet Rhoda Fraser2,89413.67+8.25$6,721
Your Political PartySurinder Singh Trehan1720.81–$6,699
Total valid votes 21,171100.00–
Total rejected ballots 1380.65−0.23
Turnout 21,30956.44+5.92
Registered voters 37,754
Source: Elections BC[13][14]

References
  1. "B.C. election 2017: BC Liberals’ Michael Lee elected in Vancouver Langara riding". Global News, May 9, 2017.
  2. "B.C. election 2020: Vancouver-Langara results | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. "Michael Lee". BC Liberal Caucus. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. "Why B.C. Liberals might lean on Michael Lee to be their next leader after Christy Clark". 28 July 2017.
  5. "MLA: Michael Lee". www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  6. "Michael Lee". BC Liberal Caucus. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  7. Michael Lee Ready to Run for BC Liberals in Vancouver-Langara
  8. "Michael Lee Campaign". joinmichael.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  9. Zussman, Richard (January 21, 2021). "Andrew Wilkinson still has not resigned as leader of the BC Liberals". Global News. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  10. Palmer, Vaughn (January 20, 2021). "With Stone out of the running for B.C. Liberals, speculation turns to Kevin Falcon". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  11. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  12. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  14. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.


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